Milestones

Associate Biological Safety Officer Margy Lambert has been named assistant editor of the journal Applied Biosafety and will contribute a regular column to the journal.

Rob Meyer, senior scientist with the Wisconsin Center for Education Research, has been named an Urban Education Research Fellow by the Council of the Great City Schools.

The 2007 R1edu Award for Distinguished Faculty Contributions to Online Learning was presented to Jan Miernowski, Department of French and Italian.

Norma Saldivar, who heads the MFA Directing Program, is interim executive director of the Arts Institute.

Cliff Thurber, geology, received the “Most Cited Author 2003-2007 Award” from the Journal of Volcanology & Geothermal Research.

One hundred fifty-eight faculty and classified or academic staff were granted emerita or emeritus status upon their retirement during the past year. They are:

• James Abbs, School of Medicine
• Said Abdel-Khalik, engineering physics
• Rima Apple, School of Human Ecology
• Ann Bailey, School of Medicine and Public Health
• M. Rosabel Barroilhet, Facilities Planning and Management
• Richard Barrows, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
• Paul Barrows, university administration
• Pamela Bauman, General Services
• David Becker, art
• Lois Beecham, Graduate School
• Georgia Benkart, mathematics
• Jan Blakeslee, Institute for Research on Poverty
• James Bobula, School of Medicine and Public Health
• Elizabeth Breed, General Library System
• Sharon Brown, educational psychology
• Larry Bundy, soil science
• Robert Bush, School of Medicine and Public Health
• Yvonne Bushland, food sciences
• Deborah Cardinal, General Library System
• Noel Carroll, philosophy
• Charles Casey, chemistry
• Sue Center, School of Law library
• Tsai-fa Cheng, Asian languages and literature
• Michael Chial, communicative disorders
• Jean Comstock, Afro-American studies
• James Coors, agronomy
• Ruth Dahl, School of Business
• Richard Daluge, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
• Ada Deer, social work
• Ferencz Sandor Denes, biological systems engineering
• Diane Derouen, botany
• Glen Dirreen, chemistry
• Alexandra Dove, School of Medicine and Public Health
• David Drummond, Facilities Planning and Management
• Alice DuBois, history
• Michael Duckwitz, rehabilitation psychology and special education
• Bernice Durand, physics
• Kathleen Dwelle, Division of Information Technology
• Carla Eakins, School of Medicine
• Philip Emmling, environmental chemistry and technology
• William Enters, biological systems engineering
• Elizabeth Evanson, Institute for Research on Poverty
• Phyllis Fass, astronomy
• Patricia Fessenden, Continuing Studies
• Patricia Fritschel, industrial engineering
• Reggie Gauger, Continuing Studies
• Irene Geller, Continuing Studies
• Read Gilgen, College of Letters and Science
• Karen Goebel, School of Human Ecology
• Thomas Gombar, art history
• William Goodger, School of Veterinary Medicine
• John Graf, student academic affairs
• Paula Gray, Office of the Secretary of the Faculty
• Bezalel Haimson, materials science and engineering
• James Hanesworth, physics
• Arlene Hart, School of Veterinary Medicine
• Philip Helmke, soil science
• Victoria Hill, General Library System
• Charles Hill Jr., chemical and biological engineering
• Kent Hobson, mechanical engineering
• Charles Hoffman, Graduate School
• B. Wolfgang Hoffmann, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
• Rita Hohlstein, Waisman Center
• Larry Hubbard, School of Medicine and Public Health
• Linda Hunter, African languages and literature
• Norman Jensen, School of Medicine and Public Health
• Arnold Johnson, mathematics
• Harold Joseph, School of Business
• Munci Kalayoglu, School of Medicine and Public Health
• Kenneth Keegstra, botany
• Raymond Kessel, Continuing Studies
• Christopher Kleinhenz, French and Italian
• Mary Konshak, College of Letters and Science administration
• Susan Kosharek, university administration
• Diane Kravetz, social work
• Herbert Kritzer, political science
• James Kuelbs, mathematics
• Ronald Laessig, School of Medicine and Public Health
• Gerald Lange, business services
• Catherine Langsdorf, School of Nursing
• Thomas Lillesand, forest ecology and management
• Jessica Lindner, English
• Richard Long, art
• Abigail Loomis, General Library System
• Daryl Lund, food sciences
• Lesleigh Luttrell, bacteriology
• Eberhard Mack, School of Medicine and Public Health
• Maria Monita Manalo, languages and cultures of Asia
• Howard Martin, university administration
• John Mather, horticulture
• Claudia Melrose, kinesiology and dance
• Catherine Meschievitz, Division of International Studies
• Mary Haywood Metz, educational policy studies
• Gregg Miller, Continuing Studies
• Jon Miller, communicative disorders
• Ann Morris, academic affairs
• Robert Morse, physics
• Linda Mundt, library and information studies
• Robert Nellis, communicative disorders
• Donald Nichols, economics and public affairs
• Dexter Northrop, pharmacy
• John Oaks, School of Veterinary Medicine
• Esther Olson, Graduate School
• Beth Onosko, General Library System
• Peter Orlik, mathematics
• Betta Owens, industrial engineering
• Diane Peterson, chemical and biological engineering
• Richard Pierce, Facilities Planning and Management
• Jane Allyn Piliavin, sociology
• Ann Pollock, General Library System
• Joan Raducha, international studies
• Marsha Rather, School of Nursing
• William Reznikoff, biochemistry
• William Rhode, School of Medicine and Public Health
• Richard Rice, School of Medicine
• Daniel Rich, pharmacy
• Bonita Rieder, sociology
• Patrick Riley, political science
• John Rowe, International Agricultural Programs
• Roger Rowell, biological systems engineering
• Thomas Rudy, pharmacy
• Robert Sack, geography
• Louis Sather, Computer-Aided Engineering Center
• JoAnn Savoy, Aquatic Sciences Center
• Frank Scarpace, civil and environmental engineering, Institute for Environmental Studies
• Rae Schilling, School of Medicine and Public Health
• Katherine Schmidt, horticulture
• Yvonne Schofer, General Library System
• Ronald Schuler, biological systems engineering
• Barbara Schutz, physics
• Thomas Scott, Division of Information Technology
• Samuel Sholl, kinesiology and anatomy
• James Smith, electrical and computer engineering
• Michael Smith, industrial engineering
• Kathryn Smith, Institute on Aging
• Eileen Somers, food microbiology and toxicology
• Susan Sprague, School of Business
• James Starling, School of Medicine and Public Health
• George Stevenson, Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems
• Jeffrey Stier, forest ecology and management
• Rayla Temin, genetics
• Stanley Temple, wildlife ecology and Nelson Institute
• Charlene Tortorice, School of Education
• Paul Treichel, chemistry
• E. Jerry Tyler, soil science
• John Uicker Jr., mechanical engineering
• Kerry Vandell, School of Business
• Norman Webb, Wisconsin Center for Education Research
• Peter Weiler, Institute for Environmental Studies
• Frank Weinhold, chemistry
• A. Kevin Weng, School of Business
• Alice Wentworth, animal sciences
• James Westgard, School of Medicine and Public Health
• Patricia Whipple, sociology
• Keith White, admissions
• Mary Willis, School of Nursing
• Norman Wilsman, School of Veterinary Medicine
• Franklin Wilson, sociology